Shanthamma v. the State of Karnataka
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NC: 2026:KHC:10078. Writ Petition No. 35454 of 2025 (CS-RES), High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, decided 17-02-2026 by Justice Ashok S. Kinagi (oral order). Subject: ten women petitioners of Pidichalahalli, Gowribidanuru Taluk, Chikkaballapura, sought inclusion of their names in the final eligible voters list (Annexure-C) and permission to vote in the 23.11.2025 elections to Pidachalahalli Milk Producers – Womens Co Operative Society Ltd.; filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India; the society is registered under the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act 1959. Outcome: at the preliminary hearing, counsel for the petitioners submitted that the elections had been held on 23.11.2025 and nothing survived; the writ petition was dismissed as having rendered infructuous; no relief granted, no substantive ruling on voter-list eligibility. Index terms: co-operative society election; voters list; State Co-operative Election Authority; Returning Officer; dismissal as infructuous.